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  • Switzerland
    On March 23 2001, the Swiss parliament passed a bill revising the legislation on consumer credits. The deadline for a referendum having run out on July 12 2001, the bill has overcome the most important obstacle to its becoming law. According to government plans, the new legislation will come into force on January 1 2003.
    August 31, 2001
  • Russia
    As part of the government's ambitious economic reform programme, Russia has recently liberalized several key provisions of the Law on Currency Regulation and Currency Control, which has long been criticized as overly restrictive. The main changes came into effect in early July 2001, and further reforms are expected in the near future.
    August 31, 2001
  • Ireland
    Ireland has followed the lead of other European jurisdictions by proposing covered bond legislation based upon the model of the German Pfandbriefe legislation. The Asset Covered Securities Bill is expected to be enacted into law in the last quarter of 2001.
    August 31, 2001
  • Hong Kong
    The issuance of a guidance note by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) in May 2001 clarifying regulatory requirements concerning online marketing and offering of Collective Investment Schemes (CIS) will help to regulate activities that are targeted at Hong Kong investors or are detrimental to the interests of the investing public or market integrity of Hong Kong.
    August 31, 2001
  • New Cuatrecasas chief plans global expansion
    Leading Spanish firm Cuatrecasas is planning to open branches across Europe and in Latin America under its new management team.
    August 31, 2001
  • BCP template helps close largest LatAm telecoms financing
    Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has structured Latin America's largest telecoms financing so far this year, using templates of documents drafted by the firm for the financing for Brazil's BCP last year.
    August 31, 2001
  • Mixed response to radical COB plans
    French lawyers have given a mixed response to radical plans to change the procedure for listing companies in Paris. The French stock market regulator, the Commission des Opérations de Bourse (COB) launched a consultative document at the end of July proposing rules that overhaul listing procedures and which some local lawyers argue will change the legal position of banks underwriting new offerings on the Paris market.
    August 31, 2001
  • Russian reform sparks tension
    A group of regional Russian banks has warned the government that introducing a three-tier system of bank licensing may cause smaller institutions to lose their right to operate.
    August 31, 2001
  • Linklaters tops shrinking equity market
    This year’s IFLR international equity survey will make grim reading for firms. The results show what many have feared – that as equity capital markets have collapsed so has the number of mandates for legal advisers. In a crunch market, Linklaters & Alliance and Sullivan & Cromwell have maintained their dominance while others have been stranded by narrow practices and slipped through the rankings. Ben Maiden reports
    August 31, 2001
  • Willkie Farr snares former Landwell pair in Italian push
    Willkie Farr & Gallagher is strengthening its corporate and tax practices in Milan, hiring two Italian partners and two mergers and acquisitions (M&A) lawyers scarcely 20 months after they spurned PricewaterhouseCoopers' Landwell network for the flexibility of a local firm.
    August 31, 2001
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